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quite abundant and during recent years apparently has been exerting an im- 

 portant repressive action on its host. Protection from the beetle can be ob- 

 tained through the use of arsenicals at standard strengths. 



Bees for the farmer, J. Tkoop and W. A. Price {Indiana Sta. Circ. 61 (1917), 

 pp. 20, figs. 10). — This is a popular summary of information for the beekeeper. 



Outdoor wintering [of bees], E. F. Phillips {Iowa Yearbook Agr., 16 {1915), 

 pp. 564-J^72).— Substantially noted from another source (E. S. R., 34, p. 158). 



The sense organs on the mouth parts of the honeybee, N. E. McIndoo 

 {Smithsn. Misc. Collect., 65 {1916). Xo. U, pp. 55, figs. 10). 



Contribution to the etiology of infectious diarrhea of bees caused by Bac- 

 terium coli apium n. sp. and Proteus alveicola n. sp., I. L. Sekbinov {Zhur. 

 Mikrobiol., 2 {1915), No. 1-2, pp. 19-U, pis. 2. fig. i).— The author describes a 

 new form of diarrhea which has occurred in the spring for a number of years 

 among bees on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Oranienbaum. Two 

 new bacteria considered to be causative organisms of the disease are described. 

 The disease develops rapidly and becomes epidemic, the bees become weakened, 

 and death follows frequently in convulsions. 



The connection of Nosema apis with Isle of Wight disease in hive bees. — 

 Remarks on the evidence submitted in the Board of Agriculture reports of 

 1912 and 1913. J. Ani)KK.son {Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinhuryh. 20 {J916). No. 

 1, pp. 16-22; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 1, {1916), No. 11, p. ^62).— The 

 author's observations do not entirely support the view that iV. apis is the cause 

 of Isle of Wight disease. 



Observations and experiments bearing on Isle of Wight disease in hive 

 bees, J. Anderson and J. Kennie {Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, Edinburgh, 20 {1916), 

 No. 1, pp. 23-61, pi. 1; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 4 {1916), No. 11, pp. J,62, 

 463). — The observations here reported support those above noted. 



Three new chalcid flies from California, A. A. Girault {Jour. Ent. and 

 Zool., 8 {1916). No. 3. pp. 119-122). 



Monograph of the nearctic Hymenoptera of the genus Bracon, II. Morkison 

 {Proc. U. S. Nat. .Museum, 52 {1911), pp. 305-343, pis. 4).— Tlie autlior recog- 

 nizes 12 forms, of which 9 are de-scribed as nesv. 



Signiphora merceti n. sp., E. Maijenotti {Redia, 12 {1916), No. 1, pp. 181, 

 182; abs. in Rev. Appl. Ent., Ser. A, 4 {1916), No. 11, p. 485).— This new ohal- 

 cidid was reared from Chrysomphalus dictyospermi in Spain. 



Gonatocerus mexicanus, a mymarid parasitic in the eggs of Draecula- 

 cephala mollipes in Hawaii, O. H. Swezey {Proc. Hawaii. Ent. Soc. S {1915), 

 No. 3, p. 146). — This is said to be the first record of the establishment of O. 

 mexicaiius in Hawaii, tlie introduction of which from Cliapultepec, Mex., was 

 attempted by Koebele in 1908 (E. S. R.. 27. p. r)ii4). 



The ticks which attack domestic animals in Russian Turkestan, \V. L. 

 Yakimoff {Bui. Soc. Path. Exot.. 10 (1911), No. .',. pp. 29S-30I).—A summary 

 of information relating to the Ixodidse infesting domestic animals in Russian 

 Turkestan. 



Parasitism of Rhipicephalus sanguineus in Rio Janeiro by Hunterellus 

 hookeri, A. da Costa Lima (Rev. Vet. e Zootech., 5 {1915), No. 4' PP- 201-203, 

 pi. 1). — The author records the parasitism of nymphs of the brown dog tick by 

 H. hookeri in Brazil. 



On the occurrence of the tropical fowl mite (Liponyssus bursa) in Aus- 

 tralia, and a new instance of its attacking man. S. Hirst {Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 8. ser., 18 (1916), No. 104. PP- 243, 244).— A widely distributed 

 gamasld mite parasitic on domestic fowl, previously de.scribed by the author 

 as Leiognathus morsitans (E. S. R., 35, p. 263), is now thought to be the same 

 species as that described by Berlese, from specimens collected at Buenos Aires, 



